THE Ergin Ataman referred to his heavy defeat Panathinaikou from Red Star, Kendrick Nunn, TJ Shortz, but also Matias Lessor.
The Turkish coach of Panathinaikos referred to its causes crash from the Red Star and stated that he is not happy with TJ Shorts.
What Ergin Ataman said
“In the first period our offense was terrible, we had 0/10 three-pointers and 90% of them were open. We made unbelievable mistakes, missed lay-ups and gave them control. Only in the last period some players showed character and did not want to accept the heavy defeat. Congratulations to Olympiacos, sorry, the whole match the fans were shouting for Olympiacos, that’s why I was confused. Congratulations to Red Star.
All players go through bad periods in the season. Unfortunately that’s what’s happening with Nan now. We also saw it against Efes, which we won, he had not reacted well. He had a very bad day tonight. It can happen though, there’s no doubting its quality.
Yes, I said that in the last ten years I have had the best results in Europe as a coach.
I don’t know, but so far I’m 90% not happy with the performance of the Shorts. Maybe it’s his fault, maybe ours. I don’t know anything about loan rumours.
We are missing all three of our centers and it is very difficult to play basketball at this level, especially defense, without a center. We are in the market and looking for a tall man who can help us in these conditions, because it is not clear when Lesor will be able to help us.
No, Valanciunas did not change our plans because then we got Holmes and before he was injured he had played two very good games in Athens and Constantinople. Then unfortunately he was seriously injured. These things happen in the market, sometimes you think you’re going to sign a player and you end up getting someone else. We got a very important one, but now we miss him and also I don’t know when Lessor will return”.